A Torrance resident who has coached ice skating at rinks throughout Southern California pleaded not guilty Tuesday to repeatedly molesting a teenage boy in Hacienda Heights.

Donald Vincent, 29, was arrested at his home on Friday and pleaded not guilty to one count of continuous lewd acts with a minor and two counts of lewd acts with a minor 14 or 15 years old on Tuesday at Pomona Superior Court, a court clerk said.

Vincent has coached youth ice skaters for seven years at rinks in Los Angeles, Riverside and Orange counties, according to Los Angeles County sheriff's officials.

The rinks were identified as Skating Edge Ice Arena in Harbor City, the East/West Ice Palace in Artesia, Glacial Gardens in Lakewood, Norwalk Ice in Norwalk, Paramount Iceland in Paramount, Anaheim Ice in Anaheim and Ice Town Riverside in Riverside.

Sheriff's deputies began investigating last month when the victim, now 17, told a friend at a youth camp what had happened to him. That friend told another person who encouraged the victim to come forward, officials said.

The victim told sheriff's investigators that he was repeatedly molested by his skating coach at the coach's Hacienda Heights home when he was between the ages of 12 and 15, officials said.

A preliminary hearing has been set for Jan. 30.

DUARTE

Victim in trailer fire near Duarte identified

Authorities have identified the man discovered dead inside a trailer that caught fire Monday morning in a neighborhood in the unincorporated area near Duarte.

Alfred Rodriguez, 81, was found dead after county firefighters did a sweep of the motor home that was sitting on the driveway of his home on the 1100 block of Three Ranch Road, authorities said Tuesday.

Officials believe Rodriguez, known to be a heavy cigarette smoker, most likely died of smoke inhalation after falling asleep on the couch inside the trailer, where he spent his mornings drinking a cup of coffee and watching television.

"It was his hangout," said Sgt. Mike Costleigh, an arson detective with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

Firefighters received a call at 9:22 a.m. Monday about a structure fire at a corner home, where black smoke could be seen for miles in each direction.

Officials said that the fire started near the couch of the motor home.

"There was a small floor heater, but I highly doubt it was involved," Costleigh said. "I'm leaning towards a cigarette and possibly the victim falling asleep."

It appears to be an accidental fire, he said.

"A discarded cigarette cannot be eliminated as a possible cause, but because of the amount of fire damage, we cannot be 100 percent certain that was the cause, so it would be classified as an undetermined fire," Costleigh said.

WHITTIER

Deputies seek man who shot at men in car

A driver and his passenger were confronted and shot at by another motorist Monday.

The bullets hit the car but not the two men, according to Lt. Joe Mendoza of the sheriff's Pico Rivera Station.

The shooting occurred about 4 p.m. in an unincorporated area near Whittier.

The victims were eastbound on Aeolian Street and stopped at a light on Norwalk Boulevard.

Mendoza said the driver of an adjacent black Toyota Avalon asked the two where they were from.

"The guy produced a gun and got out of the car," he said.

Mendoza said the victims ran a red light to get away from the gunman, who fired two to three shots at them. He added that the two men aren't gang members.

The suspect was described as a Latino, 23 to 26, of medium build with a tattoo above the eyebrow. He wore a black baseball cap and black shirt.